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	Podcast:		Witness
	Episode:		The sinking of the SS Tilawa: the ‘Indian Titanic’
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:09:00
	Publish Date:		2023-05-09 07:00:00
	Description:		On 23 November 1942, in the middle of the Second World War, a ship called the SS Tilawa was carrying more than 950 passengers and crew from India to East Africa when it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes. Two hundred and eighty people died. The ship became known as the 'Indian Titanic'. Ben Henderson speaks to the last two known survivors, Arvind Jhani and Tej Prakash Mangat. (Photo: Arvind Jhani and Tej Prakash Mangat. Credit: their families)
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